| Authors |
Title |
Category |
| M. Hoashi, M. Nedachi, Y. Suganuma, S. Niitsuma, H.Naraoka |
An initial report of ABDP investigations: Preliminary observations of iron oxides in the Marble Bar chert, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia |
Astrobiology Drilling Session |
| Alian Wang, L. A. Haskin, J. Freeman |
Wheel science - near-contact surveys for water, and carbonates, and possible organic fluorescence during planetary surface exploration |
Astrobiology Missions |
| Alison M. Skelley, Frank J. Grunthaner, Jeffrey L. Bada and Richard A. Mathies |
Sensitive Amino Acid Composition and Chirality Analysis with the Mars Organic Analyzer (MOA) |
Astrobiology Missions |
| David C. Fernández-Remolar, Felipe Gómez, Elena González-Toril, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, Nuria Rodríguez, Ricardo Amils, Javier Gomez-Elvira, Stephen Dunagan, Todd Stevens, Howard Cannon, Jhony Zavaleta, Brian Glass, Larry Lemke and Carol Stoker |
Iron oxides inside metallic cores of the Rio Tinto Mars analog as possible tracers of chemolithotrophic cryptobiospheres: first geobiology results of the MARTE project" |
Astrobiology Missions |
| D.F. Blake , P. Sarrazin, D. L. Bish, S. Feldman, S. J. Chipera, D. T. Vaniman, and S. Collins |
Definitive Mineralogical Analysis of Mars Analog Rocks using the CheMin XRD/XRF |
Astrobiology Missions |
| Geoffrey A. Landis |
Venus Astrobiology Investigation by Solar Airplane |
Astrobiology Missions |
| Max K. Wallis*, N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Shirwan Al-Mufti, Norimune Miyak |
Search for Microbiology in Cryogenically-collected Stratospheric Particles from Space |
Astrobiology Missions |
| N.J. Woolf |
Earth's atmospheric Oxygen rise and Terrestrial Planet Finder |
Astrobiology Missions |
| Sarah Rieboldt and Jere H. Lipps |
Taphonomy of Europa: a paleobiologic search strategy |
Astrobiology Missions |
| Timothy J. McCoy, Jacob Trombka, Richard Hoover, Jason Dworkin, Richard Starr, Larry Evans, Lucy Lim, Lisa Collins, Catherine Corrigan, Jeffrey Schweitzer, Joel Groves, Samuel Floyd, and Steve Squyres |
Subsurface astrobiological and geochemical exploration of Mars using a pulsed neutron generator coupled with neutron/gamma-ray detectors |
Astrobiology Missions |
| ·Joe Pitma |
Remote Sensing Astrobiological Space Science Enabled by the Multiple Instrument Distributed Aperture Sensor (MIDAS) Concept |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Andrew A. Gonzales and Cheryle J. Corpus, |
Development of a Useful Mars Airplane Exploration at NASA / Ames Research Center |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Chris J. Bennett, M. Lebar, C. Jamieson, and Ralf I. Kaiser * |
Design and operation of a quadruply differentially pumped extreme ultrahigh vacuum machine to study the formation of astro biologically relevant molecules in extraterrestrial ices |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Christian H. Fritsen ,Giles M. Marion, Wendy M. Calvin, Sherwin Gormley and Dean Adams |
Building Expertise and Infrastructure for Astrobiology Research in Nevada |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Hode |
Controlled fluid-inclusion extraction |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Jon Rask, Thomas Fahlen, Melissa Kirven-Brooks, Kevin Sato, John Kaumeyer and Debra Reiss-Bubenheim |
The SSBRP Incubator: A Tool for Space Biological Research |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Patricia Larenas, Frances Donovan, Liping Sun, Hyongshin Park, Gordona Vunjak-Novakovic, Steve Walker, Emily Nelson, John Kizito, Chris Krebs, Kim Slater, Donald Vandendriesche, Jon Rask, Cindy Havens, Nancy Searby |
Variable Gravity Culture of Yeast in the Cell Culture Unit: Feasibility for Microbial Cultures |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Sherwin Gormly |
Development of an Extremophile Microbial Digester for Astrobiology Relevant Biomass Production |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Jeffrey L. Bada, Frank Grunthaner, Richard Mathies, A. Zent and C. McKay, |
Astrobiolab: A Mobile In Situ Subsurface Biotic And Soil Reactivity Analytical Laboratory |
Astrobiology Technology |
| Bianca J. Mislowack, T.C. Onstott, Barbara Sherwood-Lolla |
Understanding the rock-water interactions of the subsurface N cycle |
Biogeochemistry |
| Abby Kavner ,, François Bonet, Anat Shahar, Justin I. Simon, Edward D. Young, |
Voltage-dependent electrochemical fractionation of iron isotopes |
Biogeochemistry |
| Andrew D. Czaja , George D. Cody and J. William Schopf |
Turning ferns into fossils: biogeochemical alchemy |
Biogeochemistry |
| Bo Thamdrup, Brad M. Bebout, David J. Des Marais, and Peter Berg |
The effect of sulfate concentration on rates and sulfur isotope signatures of sulfate reduction in a phototrophic microbial mat. |
Biogeochemistry |
| Daniel B. Albert , dan_albert@unc.edu, Tori M. Hoehler, tori.m.hoehler@nasa.gov, Brad M. Bebout, Brad.M.Bebout@nasa.gov, Kendra A. Turk, kturk@mail.arc.nasa.gov, and David J. DesMarais, david.j.desmarais@nasa.gov |
Nighttime loss of fermentation-derived organic acids as the basis of a syntrophic link between phototrophs and heterotrophs in microbial mats |
Biogeochemistry |
| David T. Johnston, James Farquhar, Boswell A. Wing, Donald E. Canfield, and Kirsten S. Habicht . |
Isotopic fingerprints of sulfur metabolisms. |
Biogeochemistry |
| David W. Smith and Edward D. Young |
D17O in the Troposphere: Implications for Understanding Global Biospheric Productivity |
Biogeochemistry |
| Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Laura J. Liermann, Susan L. Brantley |
Influence of methanogens on mineral weathering |
Biogeochemistry |
| Irene Arango and Lisa Pratt |
Abiotic versus biotic cycling of sulfur in south-central Oregon |
Biogeochemistry |
| Joel S. Levine and Michael E. Summers |
Atmospheric Composition as an Indicator of Life on Earth and Mars |
Biogeochemistry |
| Kelly Decker , and Christopher Potter |
Mathematical simulation of the diel O, S, and C biogeochemistry of a hypersaline microbial mat |
Biogeochemistry |
| Mark M. Davidson, Tullis C. Onstott, Gordon Southam, Greg Wanger, Duane P. Moser and Walter Seymoor |
Extremely small, actively-metabolizing, sulfate reducing bacteria persist in deep subsurface quartzite. |
Biogeochemistry |
| Michelle A. Allen, Brendan P. Burns, Brett B. Neilan, Emmanuelle Grosjean and Roger E. Summons |
A Lipid Biomarker Study of Cyanobacterial Mats from Shark Bay, Western Australia |
Biogeochemistry |
| Nancy W. Hinman , Aaron Tenesch, and Sarah D. Burton, |
Chemical Signatures in Thermal Springs: Atomic-level structure of silicon and aluminum in natural and synthetic minerals |
Biogeochemistry |
| R.T. van Willigen, Princeton University, rvw@princeton.edu, G.C. Dismukes, Princeton University, dismukes@princeton.eduk, |
Synthesis of and calculations on the inorganic core of the photosynthetic water splitting catalyst: Blueprint for renewable hydrogen generation? |
Biogeochemistry |
| Robert E. Trouwborst, Gretchen Koch, Gregory K. Druschel, Lorna Shanks, George W. Lutherand Beverly Pierson |
Hot spring microbial mats: A model for Precambrian Banded Iron Formations? |
Biogeochemistry |
| Vyllinniskii Cameron, Zhidan Zhang, Christopher H. House and Susan L. Brantley |
The search for extracellular biological tungsten ligands |
Biogeochemistry |
| Tsubasa Otake - Yumiko Watanabe -, Wladyslaw Altermann and Hiroshi Ohmoto - |
"Detrital" pyrites in the Archean Witwatersrand Basin (South Africa) are not detrital |
Earth History |
| Andrey Bekke |
A consistent record for the rise of atmospheric oxygen. |
Earth History |
| Gwyneth Williams , Ariel D. Anbar, and Gail L. Arnold |
Reliability of black shales as recorders of marine molybdenum isotopes and paleoredox |
Earth History |
| Justine Owen , Kunihiko Nishiizumi, William Deitrich, Warren Sharp, Brad Sutter, Stephanie Ewing, and Ronald Amundson |
Investigations into the Numerical Ages of post-Miocene Fluvial Landforms in the Atacama Desert, Chile |
Earth History |
| Katherine Walden,, Brian W. Stewart,, Yumiko Watanabe, and Hiroshi Ohmoto |
Neodymium isotopic evolution of the Kalkkloof Paleosol, South Africa |
Earth History |
| Lepland, Whitehouse, Lane et al |
Do early Archean Isua and Akilia rocks contain traces of life? |
Earth History |
| Martin Brasier, Nicola McLoughlin, Owen Green, John Lindsay |
Context for the 3.46 Ga old Apex chert microfossils' and an early hydrothermal biosphere? |
Earth History |
| Nicola McLoughlin, Martin Brasier, John Lindsay, Owen Green |
Laboratory Modelling of the 3.40Ga Strelley Pool chert Stromatoloids |
Earth History |
| S. Niitsuma, M. Nedachi, M. Hoashi, Y. Suganuma, T. Sugita, K. Ohno, T. Hisamitsu, K. Kodama, and N. Niitsuma . |
Rock magnetism of the black shale in the Mt. Roe Basalt, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia |
Earth History |
| Y. Suganuma, S. Niitsuma, M. Hoashi, T. Sugita, K. Ohno, T. Hisamitsu, N. Niitsuma, K. Kodama, and M. Nedachi . |
Paleomagnetism of Marble Bar Chert, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia |
Earth History |
| Yumiko Watanabe, Kazumasa Kumazawa and Hiroshi Ohmoto |
Evidence in carbon isotope ratios of siderites for a CO 2 -rich and CH 4 -poor Archean atmosphere and oceans |
Earth History |
| Zahnle, Kevin |
Carbon dioxide, methane, climate and a little bit of Gaia |
Earth History |
| G.L. Arnold and A.D. Anbar |
Mo isotopes as indicators of global paleoredox |
Earth History |
| Friedemann T/ Freund , Aaron Staple, Paul Gosling, Rachel Post, and Alston Liu |
Source of oxygen on the early Earth |
Earth History |
| Lim et al |
Physical, chemical and biological analysis of a lacustrine core recovered from Haughton Crater, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic |
Earth Science-Including Remote Sensing |
| Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson |
Astrobiological studies in Iceland |
Earth Science-Including Remote Sensing |
| Michael S. Roberts , Aaron L. Mills ,, and Jay L. Garland |
Niche Specialization and Succession of Microbial Communities |
Environment and Evolution |
| |
Numerical models for the study of the accumulation of mutations in RNA viruses |
Environment and Evolution |
| Bishun N. Khare , Hiroshi Imanaka, Christopher P. McKay |
UV Sheielding of Early Earth by N2/CH4/CO2 Organic Haze. |
Environment and Evolution |
| Carlos Briones, Esteban Domingo, and Carmen Molina-París |
Molecular memory in quasispecies of retroviruses: experimental data, theoretical model and evolutionary implications |
Environment and Evolution |
| David Alcántara-Díaz, Matilde Breña-Valle and Jorge Serment-Guerrero |
Divergent Adaptation of Escherichia coli to Cyclic Ultraviolet Exposures |
Environment and Evolution |
| David S. Smith , John Scalo, Seth Redfield |
Statistics and Astrobiological Implications of Cosmic-Ray Fluctuations for Habitable Planets in the Interstellar Environment |
Environment and Evolution |
| Dawn Y. Sumner |
Autotrophic Geochemical Signatures in 2.5 Billion-year-old Microbial Communities |
Environment and Evolution |
| Diane Purce ll, Dana Rogoff and Lynn J.Rothschild . |
Natural UV damage and repair observed in Yellowstone extremophiles |
Environment and Evolution |
| Dobrota Cristina, Yamashita Masamichi, Piso Marius, Craciun Constantin, Keul Anca |
Water loss from the biological structure as the main effect of the low magnetic environment |
Environment and Evolution |
| J. Craig Wheeler and John Scalo |
Heat Shock Proteins, Hypermutator Genes, and Astrobiology |
Environment and Evolution |
| Jaime E. Blair and S. Blair Hedges |
What can complete genomes tell us about early animal evolution? |
Environment and Evolution |
| Kosei E. Yamaguchi , , , Clark M. Johnson, , Brian L. Beard, , and Hiroshi Ohmoto, |
Iron isotope perspective for Molybdenum enrichment in the Archean Lewin shales and Carawine dolomites of the eastern Hamersley Basin, Western Australia |
Environment and Evolution |
| Mikhail I. Ryabov , Olena L. Rakhimova and Volodimir O. Ivanitsa, |
The investigation of dynamic Myxobacteria population alterations according to Solar and geophysical activities. |
Environment and Evolution |
| Olga Zhaxybayeva, olga.zh@uconn.edu and J. Peter Gogarten, |
Cladogenesis, Coalescence and the Evolution of the Three Domains of Life |
Environment and Evolution |
| P. Rettberg , U. de la Vega, T. Douki, J. Cadet, G. Horneck |
The UV resistance of Deinococcus radiodurans as a model organism for life under Martian conditions |
Environment and Evolution |
| Peter D. Roopnarine, Erin Conel, Carol M. Tang and Kenneth Angielczyk |
ECOSYSTEM EVOLUTION AND BIOLOGICAL EXTINCTION THROUGH GEOLOGICAL TIME |
Environment and Evolution |
| Rocco L. Mancinelli |
The evolution and fate of nitrogen on Mars |
Environment and Evolution |
| S. Blair Hedges and Jaime E. Blair |
Timescales in astrobiology: molecular clock calibrations and their affect on the precision of time estimates |
Environment and Evolution |
| Susanna C. Manrubia, Ester Lázaro, Ana Grande-Pérez, Juan García Arriaza, Cristina Escarmís, Juan Pérez-Mercader, and Esteban Domingo, |
Effect of environmental parameters in the persistence time of heterogeneous replicator populations |
Environment and Evolution |
| Tanisha Taylor, Greg Henry, Todd Gary, and Geoff Burks |
Solar Brightness Variability and the Evolution of Life on Earth |
Environment and Evolution |
| Timothy E. Riedel and Andrew D. Ellington |
Evolution of a Martian from an Earthling, a small first step. |
Environment and Evolution |
| Uri Manor , Scott Rutherford, Guizhi Wang, Steven D'Hondt, Arthur J. Spivack |
An improved numerical model for determining reaction rates in a subsurface biosphere. |
Environment and Evolution |
| Sean C. Sleight and Richard E. Lenski |
Evolutionary adaptation to freeze-thaw-growth cycles (without a cryoprotectant) in E. coli |
Environment and Evolution |
| Giles M. Marion, Christian H. Fritsen, Hajo Eicken, and Meredith C. Payn |
The search for life on Europa: Limiting environmental factors, potential habitats, and Earth analogues |
Europa |
| Kevin P. Hand , Christopher F. Chyba, |
Conductivity measurements of MgSO4 dominated aqueous solutions and implications for the salt content of a Europan hydrosphere. |
Europa |
| La Tasha Taylor, Todd Gary, and Lewis Myles, |
Using Fluorescence Biological Analysis (FBA)to Examine the Subsurface of Europa for Signs of Life. |
Europa |
| Robert T. Pappalardo and Amy C. Barr |
Convection and ocean-surface exchange on Europa. |
Europa |
| William B. McKinnon |
Oxidation history of Europa's ocean and mantle - A case of redox reversal |
Europa |
| Aki Roberge , Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Paul D. Feldman, Alfred Vidal-Madjar |
Evidence for Comet-Like Bodies Around the 12 Myr Old Star Beta Pictoris |
Extrasolar Planets |
| D. Crisp |
A comprehensive Climate Model for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Darren M. Williams and Roger F. Knacke |
Finding Planetary Moons in the Spectra of Distant Jupiters |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Eric Gaidos and Darren Williams |
Infrared lightcurves of Earth-like exoplanets with extreme seasonality. |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Eugenio J. Rivera, and Nader Haghighipour Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, |
Stability of Test Particles in Extrasolar Planetary Systems |
Extrasolar Planets |
| James Y-K. Cho and Sara Seager |
Effects of rotation on temperature, variability, and spectral signatures of extrasolar terrestrial planets |
Extrasolar Planets |
| John H. Debes ,, Steinn Sigurdsson , and Bruce E. Woodgate |
Digging in the Stellar Graveyard: The Search For Planets around White Dwarfs |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Melanie Freed, Philip M. Hinz, Michael R. Meyer, N. Mark Milton, and Michael Lloyd-Hart |
Klio: A 5 micron camera for the detection of giant exoplanets |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Olenka Hubickyj, Peter Bodenheimer |
Forming Gas Giant Planets using the Core Accretion Model |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Ramon D. Wolstencroft( ) and Francois-Marie Breon( ) |
Polarization of Planet Earth, Model Earth-Like Planets and Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Steinn Sigurdsson, |
Detection and implication of a jovian circumbinary planet in the old globular cluster Messier 4 |
Extrasolar Planets |
| Vikki Meadows, Ted Von Hippel and Giovanna Tinetti, |
Using Artificial Neural Networks for Analysis and Discrimination of TPF Planetary Spectra. |
Extrasolar Planets |
Kimberly R. Kuhlman, Christine C. Pelletier, Mark S. Anderson, Lisa B. Allenbach, Gregory M. Kuhlman, Robert C. Anderson, William G. Fusco, Isaac K. Erickson, Christopher L. Ball, Tara Stuecker, James Benardini and Ronald, L. Crawford |
Carotenoid Pigments as Potential Biomarkers: UV-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Rock Varnish |
Extreme Environments |
| Ketil B. Sørensen and Andreas Teske |
Archaeal phylotypes in low activity deep subsurface sediments, ODP leg 201, site 1231 |
Extreme Environments |
| Adam Clore and Kenneth Stedman |
Viral Integration in Extremely the Thermophilic and Acidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus |
Extreme Environments |
| Adrienne Kish, Molly Kottemann, Nitin Baliga, Jocelyne DiRuggiero |
Molecular Basis For Survival Of Halobacterium In Space Conditions |
Extreme Environments |
| Angeles Aguilera, Felipe Gómez, Nuria Rodríguez and Ricardo Amils |
Eukaryotic biodiversity in the Tinto River (SW Spain): an extreme acidophilic environment |
Extreme Environments |
| Annika C. Mosier , Alison E. Murray, Peter T. Doran and Christian H. Fritsen |
Microbial assemblages in the 19-meter ice cover of Lake Vida, Antarctica as a potential analogue to icy environments beyond Earth |
Extreme Environments |
| Dana A. Rogoff , J. Bradley Dalton and L. Jean Palmer-Moloney |
Remote Sensing and In Situ Sampling of Extremophiles in Saline Terrestrial Environments |
Extreme Environments |
| Donnabella C Lacap & Stephen B Pointing |
Molecular and morphological characterization of free-floating filamentous cyanobacterial mats from geothermal springs in the Philippines |
Extreme Environments |
| Felipe Gómez, Agustín Grau-Carles, Luis Vázquez and Ricardo Amils. |
Effects of ultraviolet radiation over Bacillus sp. and protective role of ferric iron |
Extreme Environments |
| Gene D. McDonald, Pamela G. Conrad, Rohit Bhartia, Everett C. Salas and Henry J. Sun |
Volatile organic biomarker release from microbial communities in extreme environments |
Extreme Environments |
| Guizhi Wang , Arthur J. Spivack, Steven D'Hondt, Scott Rutherford and Uri Manor |
Metabolic activity in deep-sea sediment columns |
Extreme Environments |
| H.D. Smith and C.P. McKay |
Thermo-Haliophile Ecosystem in Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California |
Extreme Environments |
| Julie A. Huber, David A. Butterfield, John A. Baross, and H. Paul Johnson |
Expanding the subseafloor biosphere to ridge flanks and beyond |
Extreme Environments |
| Kasthuri Venkateswaran |
Conceptual Design for the Development of an in situ Hydrothermal Vent Probing and Sampling Device for Microbial Analysis |
Extreme Environments |
| Kimberley Warren-Rhodes, |
The dry limit for photosynthetic life on the Earth |
Extreme Environments |
| Lycely del C. Sepúlveda-Torres, Héctor L. Ayala-del-Río, Marién Maldonado, Sue H. Alvarez, Yahira Báez, Mayda González and James M. Tiedje |
Comparison of Psychrobacter strains from Puerto Rican and Siberian samples |
Extreme Environments |
| Marco Moracci, Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano, Giuseppe Perugino, Barbara Di Lauro, Marialuisa Mazzone and Mose' Rossi |
Hyperthermophilic Archaea: the earliest organisms adapted to extreme environments |
Extreme Environments |
| Matthew O. Schrenk and John A. Baross |
An iterative microscopic approach to detect and characterize microorganisms within deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems |
Extreme Environments |
| Michael J Rothrock and Ferran Garcia-Pichel |
Microbial Diversity of Benthic Mats Along a Tidal Desiccation Gradient |
Extreme Environments |
| Natalie Leys *, Rudy Wattiez, Sarah Baatout, Paul Janssen, Patrick De Boever, Annik Dams, Sévérine Aandekerk, Pierre Cornelis and Max Mergeay |
MESSAGE: Microbial Experiments in the Space Station About Gene Expression. |
Extreme Environments |
| P. Douglas Archer and David D. Allred |
Determining Favorable Conditions for Endolithic Growth from Physics Considerations. |
Extreme Environments |
| Pascal Lapierre, Olga Zhaxybayeva and J. Peter Gogarten |
Whole genome analyses on the class levels: is there a consensus phylogeny? |
Extreme Environments |
| Qingfang He and Hui-Yi Hsiao, Department of Applied Science, |
Control of photosynthetic and high light/radiation-responsive genes by the histidine kinase DspA: Negative and positive regulation and interactions between signal transduction pathways |
Extreme Environments |
| R. Amils, et al |
Relevance of the iron cycle for the search of life on Mars |
Extreme environments |
| Rob Rye, Orion J. Johnson and Kenneth H. Nealson |
Biology and water chemistry of several hyperalkaline springs emerging from mantle-like rock |
Extreme Environments |
| Rosalba Bonaccorsi and Rocco L. Mancinelli |
Sub-basement fossil soils cored from the North Pacific (ODP Leg 197): a model of their formation and use as analogues for a deep subsurface biosphere on Mars |
Extreme Environments |
| Stephanie A. Ewing , Carol Kendall, Brian W. Stewart, Greg Michalski, Christopher P. McKay, Ronald G. Amundson |
Inorganic salts in Atacama soils provide critical indicators of long-term hyperaridity and the dry limit of life on Earth |
Extreme Environments |
| Steve McAllister, Annika Fitzpatrick and Timothy Kral |
Oxygen Tolerance by Methanogens |
Extreme Environments |
| Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya , James M. Tiedje, Debora F. Rodrigues and Sophia Kathariou |
Comparative genomic study of Exiguobacterium strains isolated from Siberian permafrost |
Extreme Environments |
| Wanda L. Davis, ,, Imke de Pater , and Christopher P. McKa |
Water Diffusion in the Extremely Unsaturated Atacama Soils: Desert Crust Formation and its Implications for Evaporation and Infiltration of an Experimental Rain |
Extreme Environments |
| William J. Brazelton, Matthew O. Schrenk, Deborah S. Kelley, and John A. Baross |
Molecular and Organismal Characterization of Microbial Communities at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field |
Extreme Environments |
| Zita Maliga, Carol Tang, and Peter Roopnarine |
Sampling Thermal Spring Deposits: Biocomplexity Preserved on a Microhabitat Scale |
Extreme Environments |
| Bruno Soffientino * , Arthur J. Spivack* , David C. Smith* Steven L. D'Hondt * |
A method for estimating low levels of hydrogen metabolism in deeply buried sediments |
Extreme Environments |
| Carmen Palacios, et al |
Microbial ecological diversity in the Río Tinto, an extremely acidic, heavy-metal laden river in Southwest Spain |
Extreme Environments |
| Charles Cockell |
Chasmoendolithic colonization of impact-shattered rocks - a geologically non-specific habitat for microorganisms in the post-impact environment |
Extreme Environments |
| Jeffrey J. Walker and Norman R. Pace |
Novel cryptoendolithic microbial communities in Yellowstone National Park's geothermal environment |
Extreme Environments |
| Karen Junge,, James T. Staley , Jody W. Deming , Brian Swanson |
Bacterially mediated ice formation: Implications for cloud formation and life in frozen environments |
Extreme Environments |
| Nader Haghighipou |
The Effect of Density Enhanced Structures of a Nebula on the Formation of Terrestrial Planets and Water-Delivery Mechanisms |
Habitable Planets |
| Oleksandr S. Potashko |
Planetary cycles of life |
Habitable Planets |
R.E. Sytsma, University of Connecticut, rachel.sytsma@uconn.edu
L. Casillas-Martinez, Universidad de Puerto Rico
P.T. Visscher, University of Connecticut |
As the Salinity Cycle Turns: Methane Production in the Hypersaline Mats of Combate, Puerto Rico |
Hypersaline Environments session |
| Victoria Orphan, Linda Jahnke, Tsegereda Embaye, Kendra Turk, Mike Kubo, Brad Bebout, Mary Hogan , David Des Marais |
Diversity and dynamics of methanogenic Archaea within benthic cyanobacterial mats |
Hypersaline Environments session |
| Brad Bebout, Steve Carpenter, and Mary Hogan |
Elevated nutrient loading increases microbial mat gross and net oxygen production in a long term manipulation |
Hypersaline Environments session |
| Anatoli.K. Pavlov ,, Aleksey .N. Konstantinov ,, Vladimir N.Shelegedin , |
Identification of Martian biota using their radioresistance ability and specific isotopic composition. |
Mars |
| Anatoli.K. Pavlov ,, Viktor.T. Kogan ,, Aleksey.N. Konstantinov , |
DATING METHOD OF THE MARTIAN PERMAFROST USING ISOTOPIC RATIOS OF THE DISSOLVED GASES |
Mars |
| E. I. Friedmann *, J. Wierzchos ¶, C. Ascaso §, H. Vali #.M |
Magnetite crystal chains: bacterial fossils of unique documentary value on Earth and on Mars |
Mars |
| Andrew C. Schuerger , Jeffrey T. Richards, David A. Newcombe, and Kasthuri J. Venkateswaran |
Survival of seven Bacillus spp. under simulated Mars UV irradiation suggests minimal forward contamination around landing sites |
Mars |
| Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero , Manish R. Patel, M. Paz Zorzano and Charles S. Cockell |
HABITABILITY IN MARTIAN POLAR ENVIRONMENTS: FUNDAMENTS BASED IN ICE SCREENING OF UV RADIATION |
Mars |
| Carol A. Oliver |
Public and media reactions to 2003/2004 Mars missions: A case for the Internet as the primary source of astrobiology-related news |
Mars |
| D. W. Beaty, P. R. Mahaffy, M. S. Anderson, G. Aveni, J. L. Bada, S. J. Clemett, D. J. Des Marais, S. Douglas, J. P. Dworkin, R. G. Kern , D. A. Papanastassiou , F. D. Palluconi , J. J. Simmonds , A. Steele , J. H. Waite , and A. P. Zent |
Organic Contamination on martian landers: astrobiology implications AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES |
Mars |
| Danielle R. Bagaley, José de la Rosa, Rafael Navarro-González, Benito Gomez-Silva Christopher P. McKay and Fred A. Rainey |
Subsurface studies of Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile |
Mars |
| David F. Blake, Mitch Schulte and Tori Hoehler |
Ultramafic terranes as habitats for life on Mars and early Earth |
Mars |
| David S. McKay, Susan J. Wentworth, Kathie L. Thomas Keprta |
Can microbes live beneath the surface of Mars? Clues from the meteorites |
Mars |
| Edward P. Vicenzi and Peter J. Heaney |
Examination of Martian subsurface microenvironments via meteorite studies: Suitable for microbial lifeforms? |
Mars |
| Frank Carsey , Penelope J. Boston, Lynn J. Rothschild, Max Coleman, Jack Jones, Alberto E. Behar, Jeffrey Antol, Gregory A. Hajos, Marianne Rudisill, Jennifer R. Parker, Warren C. Kelliher and Ingrid A. Carlberg, |
Tumbleweed: Wind-driven Sampling on the Surface of Mars |
Mars |
| James Y-K. Cho and Sarah T. Stewart |
Dispersion of tracers in the Martian upper troposphere following large impact-cratering events |
Mars |
| Jeffrey Antol, Gregory A. Hajos, Jennifer R. Parker, Warren C. Kelliher and Ingrid Carlber |
Searching for biomarkers in valleys, canyons and craters on Mars using Tumbleweed Rovers |
Mars |
| Jeffrey L. Bada |
AstroBioLab: A mobile in situ subsurface biotic and soil reactivity analytical laboratory |
Mars |
| John C. Armstrong, T. N. Titus, and H. H. Kieffer |
Evidence for Subsurface Water Ice in Korolev Crater, Mars |
Mars |
| John Scalo and David S. Smith |
Lethality of Martian exposure of organisms to large solar flares |
Mars |
| Kris A. Zacny , Michael Quayle , Austin Minnich and George Cooper |
Air Blasts Provide A Feasible Method Of Clearing Rock Cuttings From Holes On Mars. |
Mars |
| Larry A. Haskin, Alian Wang, Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences & McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington University, |
The Mars Microbeam Raman Spectrometer (MMRS) for characterization of minerals, water, and carbon |
Mars |
| Louis Lerman, and Jacqueline Teng |
Chemical Evolution on an Early Mars: Implications for Mission Planning |
Mars |
| Maria E. Webb and Leonel A.T.P. Neves |
Exploring Martian Subsurface |
Mars |
| P. Mahaffy |
Analytical protocols for analysis of organic molecules in Mars analog materials |
Mars |
| Rafael Navarro-González, Poala Moilna,Danielle R. Bagaley,Matthew Rice , Benito Gomez-Silva , Christopher P. McKay and Fred A. Rainey |
Extent of the of Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile |
Mars |
| Richard Quinn, Josh Fields, Shelly F. Hynes, Christopher J. Hynes, Gary A. Glass, Aaron Zent, Christopher P. McKay and Frank J. Grunthaner |
Chemical Characterizations of Atacama Desert Soils: An Analog of Martian Surface Chemistry. |
Mars |
| Ryan Callegan, Rafael Navarro-González, Christopher P. McKay, Luis Cruz-Kuri and Fred A. Rainey |
Pico de Orizaba - insights into the limits of life and implications for the terraformation of Mars |
Mars |
| Teresa L. Segura ,, Chris P. McKay, O. Brian Toon |
An Impact-Triggered Runaway Greenhouse on Mars |
Mars |
| Kyle Rothschild-Mancinelli |
Ground-truthing THEMIS using infra red readings |
Mars |
| Timothy F. Slater ,, Lisa K. Elfring,, Erika G. Offerdahl,, and Edward E. Prather, |
Exploring the Public's Understanding of the Role of Water in Astrobiology |
Mars/Outreach |
| Robert W. Corkery |
Bicontinuous structures as interesting evolutionary adaptations |
Other |
| Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez and Jordi Llorca, |
Evidence of degradation of cometary meteoroids in the interplanetary medium |
Other |
| L. Cruz-Kuri, C. P. McKay, and R. Navarro-Gonzalez |
A Study of Some Meteorological Variables Around the Treeline of Pico de Orizaba. |
Other |
| Michael N. Mautner |
Astrobiology and Scientific Proof |
Other |
| H. Peter Steeves |
Life Or Something Like It: The Practical Implications Of Defining "Life" For Astrobiology |
other |
| Benita Bell et al |
MIAC, the First "Virtual Collaboration" of Minority Institutions focused on Astrobiology |
Outreach/Education |
| Erika G. Offerdahl,, Lisa K. Elfring,, Edward E. Prather,, and Timothy F. Slater, |
Training the "Next Generation" of Astrobiologists - An Undergraduate Astrobiology Course for Science Majors |
Outreach/Education |
| Gene McDonald |
A Simulation of the Viking Labelled Release Experiment for a Non-majors Astronomy Course |
Outreach/Education |
| Janet Siefert and Edna DeVore |
Implementing an Astrobiology course for teachers using NASA EPO grants. |
Outreach/Education |
| Karen C. Bradford |
NAI Minority Institution Research Sabbatical |
Outreach/Education |
| Lorraine Olendzenski |
Training Opportunities in Astrobiology at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA |
Outreach/Education |
| Michael. R. Philpott |
Life: Origins and Extinctions |
Outreach/Education |
| Mr. Barry Fried, Ms. Honora Dash and Mr. Mark Levy |
Twenty-first Century Space Science in The Urban High School Setting: The NASA/John Dewey High School Educational Outreach Partnership |
Outreach/Education |
| Penny A. Morris, University of Houston-Downtown, smithp@uhd.edu; |
Space Science Programs and Events for Latinos in Urban and Rural Environments |
Outreach/Education |
| Robert D. Collier, Christian F. Fritsen, Christopher P. McKay, David C. Catling, Daniel Mayes, and Ivan Gillilan |
Nevada Observatory establishes student quests in astrobiology |
Outreach/Education |
| Sam Abrams & David Morrison |
Undergraduate Educational Opportunities in Astrobiology |
Outreach/Education |
| Thomas J. Balonek |
Experiences teaching "Life in the Universe: A Cosmic Perspective" as a liberal arts core curriculum course |
Outreach/Education |
| Edward E. Prather, Lisa K. Elfring, Erika G. Offerdahl and Timothy F. Slater |
The Impact of Cognitive Science and Science Education Research on the Teaching and Learning of Astrobiology |
Outreach/Education |
| Erika G. Offerdahl and Margaret Turnbull |
The First Generation of "Native" Astrobiologists: The Graduate Astrobiology Conference, 2004 |
Outreach/Education |
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Comparison between the organics found in interplanetary dust particles and those made by experimental simulations of ice processing in the interstellar medium |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| A. Brandenburg, A. C. Andersen, S. Höfner, M. Nilsson |
Homochiral growth from enantiomeric cross-inhibition |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Alexander Smirnov , Nicholas J. Tosca, Devicharan Chidambaram, Gary Halada and Martin A.A. Schoonen |
Ni-(Fe) Alloy and Sulfide Formation During Forsterite-Fayalite Dissolution at Hydrothermal Conditions: Importance for Prebiotic Synthesis |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Barley |
The Pilbara: one billion years of the early evolution of Earth's surface environments and life |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Bradley T. De Gregorio and Thomas G. Sharp |
Structure and bonding of kerogen in the Apex Chert: distinguishing biogenic carbon from Fischer-Tropsch-type carbon using energy loss spectroscopy |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| C. Briones , E. Mateo-Martí, C. Gómez-Navarro, V. Parro, E. Román, |
Peptide nucleic acids can form ordered self-assembled monolayers on surfaces with DNA recognition capability |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Charles L Apel and David W. Deamer |
The formation of glycerol monodecanoate by a dehydration/condensation reaction: Increasing the chemical complexity of amphiphiles on the early Earth. |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Chris J. Bennett, C. Jamieson, Philip Holtom, Nigel J. Mason, and Ralf I. Kaiser * |
Mechanistical studies on the formation of sugars and amino acids in extraterrestrial ices |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Corey A. Cohn, Martin A. Schoonen |
Mineral Generated H2O2 and the loss of RNA |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| David E. Woon and Jin-Young Park |
A theoretical study of ice-bound photoionization and chemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Louis N. Irwin |
Searching for life on other worlds: follow the water (or ammonia, or hydrocyanic acid, or some other solvent)? |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Florian M. Schwandner , , Terry M. Seward, Andrew P. Gize, and P. Anthony Hall |
Abiogenic prebiotic organic compounds in terrestrial volcanic gases. |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Galina M. Chaban |
Theoretical study of effects of water environment on spectra of small biological molecules |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Gregory A. C. Singer |
The ancestor to all modern life on Earth lived in a hot environment |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Helmut H. Zepik, Marie-Christine Maurel and David W. Deamer |
Lipid Catalysis of Oligomerization of Amino Thioacids and Thioesters |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Hikaru Yabuta *, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kinya Sakanishi and Hiroyuki Kawashima |
The solid-state CP/MAS 13 C NMR analyses of macromolecular material in the Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites for evaluation of the meteoritic alteration level |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Hiroshi Imanaka,, Bishun N. Khare, Christopher P. McKay, Emma L.O. Bakes, Dale P. Cruikshank, Seiji Sugita, Takafumi Matsui, Jamie L. Elsila,and Richard N. Zare |
Laboratory Simulations of Titan's Organic Haze and Condensation Clouds. |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| J.L. Kirschvink & B.P. Weiss |
Boron, Ribose, and a Martian Origin for Terrestrial life |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Jean-Claude Marchon, Magalie Claeys-Bruno, Jacques Pécaut |
Analysis of mixtures of amino acid enantiomers by 1H NMR spectroscopy using cobalt(III) and rhodium(III) chiroporphyrins as chiral shift reagents |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Jeffrey A. Pedelty |
Radio Astronomy Searches for the Amino Acid Glycine in High-Mass Star Formation Regions |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| Jin-Young Park and David E. Woon |
OCN- in UV-photoprocessed ices: Prebiotic interstellar chemistry. |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
| John F. Lindsay, Martin D. Brasier, Owen R. Green and Nicola McLaughlin |
Concretions: a New Archean Biomarker |
Prebiotic Chemistry & Origin of Life |
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